NYC Fox
Well-Known Member
Interesting to note the position of Southampton. Exceeding expectations in third place at this stage. Their form slipped away somewhat with them picking up 21 points from their remaining matches. This was enough for a 7th place finish.
We have four points more than they did at the same point. If we have a final 17 matches as we did last year (7 wins, 7 defeats), we'd have enough for 67 points - 5th place last year.
Well the difference is even more dramatic than that. They were 10 points behind 1st place, and only 3 points clear of 5th. We're 10 points CLEAR of 5th and it looks like we'll be 3 points clear at the top. Some of the pundits keep going on about how Southampton fell away, but they never really broke clear of the top 6. We have.